Question

Disease caused by eating fish found in water contaminated with the industrial waste of mercury:

• A. Minimata disease
• B. Bright's disease
• C. Hashimoto's disease
• D. Osteosclerosis

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Minimata disease

Minamata disease, sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease, is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, narrowing of the field of vision and damage to hearing and speech.